Force: HIT AGAINST INANIMATE OBJECT - The NYPD Files

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Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object

This page contains all allegations assigned to this category by the CCRB. Multiple similar allegations can appear for the same officer because a complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.

Officers With Complaints

165

Complaints

167

Allegations

176

What the CCRB’s Conclusions Mean

Substantiated: The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. (Here is a breakdown of the types of discipline the CCRB can recommend. The NYPD can choose to ignore those recommendations. It has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.)

Exonerated: The alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD’s rules, which often give officers significant discretion over use of force.

Unsubstantiated: The CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Officer	Rank at Time of Complaint	Officer Details	Complainant Details	CCRB Conclusion	Year Received
Charles Cavallaro	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Ramiro Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2008
Angel Arroyo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Shawn Phillips	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2015
Thomas Enders	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2018
Daniel Sitruk	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2014
Michael Gaine	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2001
Edward Boyle	Police Officer	White male	White female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Ryan Foy	Police Officer	White male	Not available female	Exonerated	2007
Jose Santory	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 54 years old	Exonerated	2008
Robert Morris	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2009
William Gattis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Gerald Breiner	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2000
Jacobo Garay	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
William Buchanan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2002
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kevin Matthews	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2007
Umar Khitab	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2001
Michael Oconnor	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jeannette Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Ian Abramowitz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2009
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ana Delpilar	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Refused male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Ronda	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male	Exonerated	2006
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2011
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2002
Kenneth Sepulveda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 23 years old	Exonerated	2016
Kenneth Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2005
Richard Mcknight	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2018
James Cleary	Detective	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Paul Robinson	Detective	Black male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2017
Darin Lazar	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2008
Francis Bryant	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2009
Dennis Russo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2006
Essence Jackson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jorge Minier	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2013
Jason Valentino	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anis Nikocevic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2015
Frederic Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2016
Johnpaul Slater	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2002
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Mark Scarlatelli	Detective	White male	White male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2013
Dana Czvekus	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Claymont Defreitas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Kenneth Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Thomas Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Michael Daly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Kevin Maloney	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Alexander Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Detective	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Frank Desiderato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Aubrey Henry	Detective	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Luis Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Canisius Xavier	Police Officer	Asian male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Marlon Bethel	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Michael Haigh	Police Officer	White male	White male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Thomas Cozart	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Eliezer Pabon	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Christophe Cunha	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Brian Timmons	Police Officer	White male	White male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Michael Mccaffrey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Marcel Francis	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Dennis Friendly	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
Rhea Tiwary	Police Officer	Asian female	White female, 61 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
George Katris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Daniel Ludemann	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alberto Pizarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Carlos Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Yuseff Hamm	Detective	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Resembric Altamar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert Miceli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Colvin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Bleck	Police Officer	White male	White male, 75 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Yaris Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Yaris Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Anthony Ricciardi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Hector Fuentes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Jacob Aaronson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sean Downes	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1998
Corey Grable	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Eduard Lucero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Frank Calafiore	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ruben Guerrero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Tonica Corlette	Sergeant	Black female	Black female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Umar Khitab	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Anton Bartoldus	Police Officer	White male	Refused female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Hickey	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Sean Pallone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Derrick Milligan	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003

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About This Data

For decades, disciplinary records of police officers in New York have been shielded from public view. After the state recently repealed the law that had kept the records secret, ProPublica requested and received a database from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates allegations of misconduct against NYPD officers. The database lists the name of each officer, the race of the complainant and the officer, a category describing the alleged misconduct, and whether the CCRB concluded the officers’ conduct violated NYPD rules. Police unions have opposed New York City’s plan to make public data about disciplinary investigations.

This database names about 4,000 of the NYPD’s 36,000 active-duty officers. Every officer in the database has had at least one substantiated allegation. We excluded any allegations that CCRB investigators concluded did not occur and were deemed unfounded. We also removed a small number of officers (62) against whom the CCRB had substantiated allegations, but whose substantiated allegations had not gone fully through the NYPD’s administrative prosecution process. The CCRB was not able to reach conclusions in many cases, in part because the investigators must rely on the NYPD to hand over crucial evidence, such as footage from body-worn cameras. Often, the department is not forthcoming despite a legal duty to cooperate in CCRB investigations. The CCRB gets thousands of complaints per year but substantiates a tiny fraction of them. Allegations of criminal conduct by officers are typically investigated not by the CCRB but by state or federal prosecutors in conjunction with the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau or the FBI. The NYPD’s own findings in cases in this database are not included here.

Read more about what we’ve included in the database and why, and see our answers to questions we have received about this data. If you have information about any of these officers or cases, please fill out our form.

All of the records in this data are from closed cases. But if you see an error, contact the CCRB. If the agency updates its records and lets us know, we'll do so as well.

The data used in this database is downloadable from ProPublica’s Data Store.

Source

This data was obtained through a records request made to the CCRB. It includes fully investigated allegations only for officers who were members of the department as of late June 2020 and against whom the CCRB has substantiated at least one allegation.